Apple Inc., a fortune 500 company into technology. Designs, develops and sells electronics and telecommunication devices and gadgets with active support services to the consumers. Apple recently forayed into the smart watch segment, most popularly termed as Apple Watch. There is huge need for gadgets and devices which are high on mobility and could able to organize and display vital informations from one mobile location. Apple capitalizes on that growing trend by making the best use of cloud computing technology with the Internet of Things concept. Company again proved to be a pioneer in developing technologically innovative products.
Fitness is been taken more seriously now a days. Obesity and heart related problems are becoming common due to inappropriate life style, bad food habits, sleeping disorder, consumption of adultered food, pollution, etc. Those who are serious in fitness did not have the access to information related to their wrong health activities during their busy schedule. Apple Inc., initiated by developing apple watch which is extremely mobile and loaded with high end applications that can collect, analyze, monitor and display data related to health activities on a person's wrist. Apple watch developer has currently developed an inbuilt app to measure fitness. Information includes total calories burnt in hour, day, week and month wise based on activities like walking, standing and sitting. There is also a comparison chart that displays the amount of time the user spent on the activities in a day. Inbuilt app also includes information on workout in a graphical format. workout activities like outdoor walk, outdoor run and cycling. Apple watch uses heart rate sensors, GPS and Wi-Fi to capture all these distances travelled and locate the route map. Many companies are also into apple watch app development to get connected to their consumers. These apps are available on apple watch app store for download. Nike+ Running is one such app which connects with global running community as well as long distance running activities. Strava app will helps to track while climbing or trekking. It records the height climbed, speed, heart rate. Green Kitchen apps provides healthy recipes as per diet plan. LifeSum app manages food habit. It notifies about the type of food one have throughout the day and convert them into calories intake. Also, informs about the food to avoid. Hello Heart app measures blood pressure in real time from the wrist. Health Tap app ensures a virtual session with 68000 US doctors while on move. Wake alarm clock app helps to measure sleep and notify about the level of sleep required for that particular day.
There are numerous apps being developed and many other awaiting on the market to open for apple watch. Once there is hike in demand for the smart watch, then app developers would look into much more smarter health apps to stand out in the competition.
